public secondary school
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Harris County, Texas
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, near
Houston
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. It was established in 2002 as
Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District
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High School #7. Cypress Ridge provides the deaf education program for Cy Fair ISD and surrounding school districts.
It serves
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attendance boundary was reassigned to Cypress Ridge. This occurred as part of a wave of high school rezoning.
Academics
For the 2018–2019 school year, the school received a B grade from the
Texas Education Agency
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, with an overall score of 88 out of 100. The school received a B grade in each of the three performance domains, with a score of 88 for Student Achievement, 87 for School Progress, and 87 for Closing the Gaps. The school received four of the seven possible distinction designations for Academic Achievement in Mathematics, Academic Achievement in English Language Arts/Reading, Post-Secondary Readiness, and Top 25%: Comparative Closing the Gaps.
Feeder patterns
Schools that feed into Cypress Ridge include:
*Elementary schools: Bane, Emmott, Kirk, Bang (partial), Francone (partial), Hairgrove (partial), Holbrook (partial), Lee (partial), Post (partial), Willbern (partial)
*Middle schools: Campbell (partial), Dean (partial), Truitt (partial)
Notable alumni
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Awsten Knight
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, Lead singer of Waterparks
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Russell Shepard
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, Former NFL Wide Receiver
* Willie Wright, Former NFL offensive guard for the
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and
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